Algeria: Women At WarA film produced by Parminder Vir, 1992, 52 min., ColorALGERIA: WOMEN AT WAR offers a rare insight into the key role Algerian women played in their country’s liberation struggle from the French thirty year...

And Still I RiseA film by Ngozi Onwurah, 1993, 30 min., ColorInspired by a poem by Maya Angelou, this powerful film explores images of Black women in the media, focusing on the myths surrounding Black women's se...

As I Remember ItA film by Salem Mekuria, 1991, 56 min., ColorThis intimate portrait of writer Dorothy West explores the forgotten role of women in the Harlem Renaissance. From the perspective of her 83 years, th...

Atomic MomA film by M.T. Silvia, 2011, 80 min., Color/BWWhen M.T. Silvia was little, she thought it was fascinating that her mom Pauline did secret government work. But as she began to understand the ramifi...

B.D. WomenA film by Campbell X, 1994, 20 min., ColorB.D. WOMEN is a wonderful celebration of the history and culture of Black lesbians. Lively interviews feature Black women talking candidly about thei...

Beyond ImaginingA film by Wendy Weinberg, 1991, 30 min., ColorBold literary visionary Margaret Anderson founded the journal Little Review in 1914, an overlooked but profound influence on American literature. Ande...

BloodlinesA film by Cynthia Connop, 2008, 52 min., ColorBettina Goering, grandniece of Hermann Goering, has long tried to bury the dark legacy of her family history. Painter Ruth Rich, a daughter of Holocau...

ChicanaA film by Sylvia Morales, 1979, 23 min., ColorCHICANA traces the history of Chicana and Mexican women from pre-Columbian times to the present. It covers women's role in Aztec society, their partic...

Children of the CrocodileA film by Marsha Emerman, 2001, 52 min., ColorThis documentary tells the story of two young Timorese-Australian activists – one a high profile human rights worker, the other a performance artist a...

El GeneralA film by Natalia Almada, 2009, 83 min., Color/BWPast and present collide in this extraordinarily well crafted documentary when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of th...

The Feminist InitiativeA film by Liv Weisberg, 2009, 97 min., ColorThe Feminist Initiative reveals the passion, pitfalls and promise of a diverse group of women working to establish the world’s first feminist p...

Four Women of EgyptA film by Tahani Rached, 1997, 90 min., ColorAmina Rachid was raised in a non-religious, Westernized, aristocratic household before embracing Socialism and fighting for social justice. Another d...

HealthcaringA film by Denise Bostrom and Jane Warrenbrand, 1976, 32 min.A classic chronicle of women's relationship to gynecology and healthcare, produced by Women Make Movies. In this bold and sensitive documentary, women...

Hollywood HaremsA film by Tania Kamal-Eldin, 1999, 24 min., Color"Tania Kamal-Eldin has once again produced a stunning video, a half-hour documentary, this time taking critical aim at Hollywood's abiding fascination...

InvocationA film by Jo Ann Kaplan, 1987, 53 min., Color/BWMaya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts fro...

Jane: An Abortion ServiceA film by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy, 1996, 58 min., ColorThis fascinating political look at a little-known chapter in women's history tells the story of "Jane", the Chicago-based women's health group who per...

La Cueca SolaA film by Marilu Mallet, 2003, 52 min., ColorOn September 11, 1973, a military coup in Chile brought Augusto Pinochet to power, and over the next 17 years, thousands of women and men were taken f...

Las MarthasA film by Cristina Ibarra, Produced by Erin Ploss-Campoamor, 2013, 69 min., ColorUnlike any other, the annual debutante ball in Laredo, Texas is part of a lucrative month-long festival honoring George Washington’s birthday. LAS MAR...

License to Thrive: Title IX at 35A Film by Theresa Moore, 2008, 48 min., Color“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discriminatio...

The Lost GardenA film by Marquise Lepage, 1995, 53 min., ColorTHE LOST GARDEN looks at the life and times of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873-1968), arguably, the first narrative filmmaker in the world. Creating her first...

MaestraA film by Catherine Murphy, 2012, 33 min., ColorIn 1961, over 250,000 Cubans joined their country’s National Literacy Campaign and taught more than 707,000 other Cubans to read and write. Almost hal...

The MaidsA film by Muriel Jackson, 1985, 28 min., ColorDomestic service has long been branded as demeaning work: it involves long hours, menial toil and low pay. Historically, and not coincidentally, it ha...

Margaret SangerA film directed by Terese Svoboda and Steve Bull, 1992, 28 min., ColorMARGARET SANGER: A PUBLIC NUISANCE highlights Sanger's pioneering strategies of using media and popular culture to advance the cause of birth control...

Mary Lou WilliamsA film by Joanne Burke, 1990, 60 min., ColorPioneering Black American composer-arranger-pianist Mary Lou Williams is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of jazz. In this authorit...

Master Smart WomanA film by Jane Morrison in collaboration with photographer Peter Namuth, 1984, 28 min., ColorFrom the award-winning director of THE WHITE HERON and THE TWO WORLDS OF ANGELITA, this loving portrait is a much deserved re-evaluation of Sarah Orne...

Mother of the RiverA film by Zeinabu irene Davis, 1995, 28 min., BWIn this poignant story set in the 1850s, a young slave girl befriends a magical woman in the woods called Mother of the River. Through their friendsh...

My Filmmaking, My LifeA film by Patricia Diaz, 1990, 30 min., ColorMatilde Landeta entered the flourishing Mexican film industry in the 1930s, working her way up from script girl to direct 110 shorts and, in the late ...

The Phantom of the OperatorA film by Caroline Martel, 2004, 66 min., Color/BWThis wry and delightful found-footage film reveals a little-known chapter in labor history: the story of female telephone operators’ central place in ...

A Place of RageA film by Pratibha Parmar, 1991, 52 min., ColorThis exuberant celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Withi...

Poetry of ResilienceA film by Katja Esson, 2011, 40 min., ColorAcademy® Award nominated director Katja Esson’s (FERRY TALES, LATCHING ON) exquisitely made film explores survival, strength and the power of the huma...

Pregnant with DreamsA film by Julia Barco, 1988, 48 min.Engaging, intimate and fast-moving, this video reflects the diversity and richness of Latin American feminism by documenting the 4th Encuentro Feminis...

Rebel HeartsA film by Betsy Newman, 1995, 60 min., ColorREBEL HEARTS is a captivating documentary about the abolitionists Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the anti-slavery movement of the early 19th Century. ...

ReconstructionA film by Irene Lusztig, 2001, 90 min., Color/BWFilmmaker Irene Lusztig unearths a dark family secret in search of answers and reconciliation in her breakthrough feature documentary, RECONSTRUCTION....

Remembering ThelmaA film by Kathe Sandler, 1981, 15 min.A lively profile of dance instructor and performer Thelma Hill containing rare footage of original Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the New York Negro Ba...

Search for FreedomA film by Munizae Jahangir, 2003, 54 min., Color/BWSEARCH FOR FREEDOM traces the dramatic social and political history of Afghanistan from the 1920s to the present through the stories of four remarkabl...

SkydancerA film by Katja Esson, 2011, 75 min., ColorRenowned for their balance and skill, six generations of Mohawk men have been leaving their families behind on the reservation to travel to New York C...

Some Ground To Stand OnA film by Joyce WarshowCo-produced and edited by Janet Baus, 1998, 35 min., ColorThis compelling documentary tells the life story of Blue Lunden, a working class lesbian activist whose odyssey of personal transformation parallels l...

StormeA film by Michelle Parkerson, 1987, 21 min., Color“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Storme DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the ...

Suffragettes in the Silent CinemaA Film by Kay Sloan, 2003, 35 min., Color/BWIn the days before movies could talk, silent films spoke clearly of sexual politics, and in Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema, historian and wr...

Through Chinese Women's EyesA film by Mayfair Yang, 1997, 52 min., Color"THROUGH CHINESE WOMEN'S EYES offers an insightful journey into the transformations in the lives of Chinese women over the 20th century. In a fascina...

Thunder in GuyanaA film by Suzanne Wasserman, 2003, 50 min., Color/BWTHUNDER IN GUYANA is the remarkable tale of Janet Jagan, a young woman from Chicago who married Guyanese activist Cheddi Jagan, and set off for the Br...

Trade SecretsA film by Stephanie Antalocy, 1985, 23 min., ColorPerfect as a training tape or as an historical look at labor issues in the 1980s, TRADE SECRETS has been purchased by hundreds of colleges, libraries,...

Tree ShadeA film by Lisa Collins, 1998, 29 min., Color/BWShame and embarrassment propel Savannah, a gifted high school student, to embark on a journey through space and time to witness the prison convictions...

Under SnowA film by Ulrike Ottinger, 2011, 103 min., ColorIn the Echigo region of northwestern Japan, where heavy snow blankets entire landscapes and villages for more than half the year, a distinctive way of...

The Walnut TreeA film by Elida Schogt, 2000, 11 min., ColorThrough a striking combination of documentary and experimental approaches, THE WALNUT TREE examines Holocaust memory, the family, and the role of phot...

Women Filmmakers in RussiaA film by Sally Potter, 1990, 51 min., ColorSince Lenin's fervent embrace of cinema in the 1920s, more women have worked in the film industry in Russia than in the West. This fascinating docume...

Women of SteelA film by Mon Valley Media, 1984, 28 min., ColorFor women who entered the nation's steel mills in the 1970s, the mill was a ticket out of traditionally low-paying "women's jobs" and in some cases, o...

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